Managerial Replacements

[fox_favourite]

6 minutes ago, kingfox said:

How the negotiations probably went

I now can't unsee this! My eyes are burning 

[Ric Flair]

1 hour ago, Mike Oxlong said:

Weird 

Just a bit of harmless fun

[Pliskin]

3 minutes ago, Mike1983 said:

It seems like you’re moaning about our moaning

Im forever moaning about people’s moaning. 

Edited 18 June by Pliskin

[Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot]

Potter always been my number one choice, just thought with our finances being the shambles they are and the incoming points deduction he’d never touch us. Don’t get the love for the West Brom bloke he was absolutely found out in the play offs and has no experience at the top level. Yeah potter isn’t perfect but who could we get that’s better? I still won’t believe it until it’s confirmed.

[Tuna]

1 hour ago, Corky said:

Former team-mate of Matt Le Tissier but you won't hear that in the mainstream media.

Makes you think

[ACF]

9 hours ago, Bluearmyfox28 said:

It’s boggling my brain brother  For example, Souttar we signed for £15m, 18 months ago. I’ve seen many state that we need to sell him for around £11m for the books to balance and not show as a loss on the books.

 

yet if we got £10m for him and that full amount shows on the books for this year, but only an outcost of £3m this year due to the length of his contract, surely that would show as a £7m profit this year no?

Obviously I am aware that you’ll still have to pay the reminder of the fee across other years but a year like this year where we are desperate for funds to avoid another points deduction then surely it’s worth biting the bullet?

Don’t worry, you’re not that far away!

 

When you purchase the player, how we pay doesn’t matter (installments etc). The value of the player, determined by the total fee, is spread over the length of the players contract (to a max 5 years). In accounting terms, we’ve paid for an asset for that time period and can spread that cost out over the ‘expected life’ of that asset. I realise expected life is a horrible term when we’re talking about people don’t yell at me. This is called the amortisation period.

 

When we sell, we no longer have that asset, so we have to account the remaining expected years into the accounting period. Which is why the Souttar example is perfect, it’s not a charge of £3m on the balance sheet if we sell this year, it’s £11m (taking your word for it, its 7am I’m not willing to do actual maths). Now obviously if we sold him for £11m to break even, there are additional wages/bonuses/fees we could save on but we wouldn’t make a transfer profit. Which when we’re in the position we are, we need to find transfer profits, not just cut losses.

Selling any player that doesn’t have/are past their amortisation period (KDH, Vardy, Ricardo (I assume), Stolarcyzk, Nelson) is the simplest way to transfer profit. Either that or a sudden link with the Saudis willing to spend £65m on Danny Ward.

[BenTheFox]

I've always thought that he's a bit overrated. However, I'd be happy with this appointment. He's probably the best manager that we can realistically hope for and his style is inkeeping with what we're trying to do. 

 

I'm surprised that he'd consider coming to us with the looming points deduction and PSR issues. Maybe, he sees it as somewhat of a free hit. If we have a decent season with him and get 50 points but are hit with an obscene points deduction of 15 and that sees us relegated, his stock will be high. 

[FOXSE]

48 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said:

@Union FS Tifo sorted.

Welcome 'Vincgraham'

[KansasFox]

2 hours ago, Lambert09 said:

 

 

🎶Enzo went to chelsea to get a panini,

 

instead we hired a manager, 

his name is potter the houdini, 

 

he might be on the left,

he might be on the right.

 

But when rudkin gets him,

the wife’s getting one tonight 🎶

 

Am i doing this right? 

are you asking us or the wife?

I would imagine she's already let you know!!

[honeybradger]

1 hour ago, Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot said:

Potter always been my number one choice, just thought with our finances being the shambles they are and the incoming points deduction he’d never touch us. Don’t get the love for the West Brom bloke he was absolutely found out in the play offs and has no experience at the top level. Yeah potter isn’t perfect but who could we get that’s better? I still won’t believe it until it’s confirmed.

Steve Bruce has experience at the top level but Maresca and McKenna dont, I know who I would prefer to be my manager.

 

The important thing for me is that West Brom fans love Corberan, none of the Swansea, Brighton or Chelsea fans rate Potter nearly as highly as the media/our fans do. At the end of the day his style is slow negative football, moreso than Maresca. I hope Potter does well but he seems to very much be of the Brendan Rodgers/Russell Martin archetype of manager that I am not a fan of personally.

[enmac]

Apologies if already posted:

Leicester close to appointing Graham Potter as manager to replace Enzo Maresca https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jun/18/leicester-appointing-graham-potter-manager-replace-enzo-maresca?CMP=share_btn_url

[ARTY_FOX]

1 hour ago, gurru991 said:

What if they hire Stevie Wonder ??

Hes not really blind is he 

[ARTY_FOX]

1 hour ago, dannythefox said:

Exactly so they might not want half the players Leicester are offering contracts too so let them go up put them up for sale 👍🏻

2 of the 3 have already signed though  makes no real difference. He'll know the situation. As the club will know what the managers they're talking to are planning. 

[SafewayFox]

1 hour ago, Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot said:

Potter always been my number one choice, just thought with our finances being the shambles they are and the incoming points deduction he’d never touch us. Don’t get the love for the West Brom bloke he was absolutely found out in the play offs and has no experience at the top level. Yeah potter isn’t perfect but who could we get that’s better? I still won’t believe it until it’s confirmed.

This post 100% 🙌🏻

 

I wouldn’t have begrudged Corberan coming here but he has more question marks against him than Potter IMO.

 

Potter left Brighton in a much better place than when he took over from Hughton.

[urban.spaceman]

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Edited 18 June by urban.spaceman

[urban.spaceman]

 

 

[Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot]

52 minutes ago, honeybradger said:

Steve Bruce has experience at the top level but Maresca and McKenna dont, I know who I would prefer to be my manager.

 

The important thing for me is that West Brom fans love Corberan, none of the Swansea, Brighton or Chelsea fans rate Potter nearly as highly as the media/our fans do. At the end of the day his style is slow negative football, moreso than Maresca. I hope Potter does well but he seems to very much be of the Brendan Rodgers/Russell Martin archetype of manager that I am not a fan of personally.

Get what you’re saying to a certain extent but ‘West Brom fans love corberan’ is a bit of a stretch for me (not saying they don’t love him). He’s done well for them but he’s not really done anything, he took over as a manager aiming for the playoffs and he’s done basically exactly what is expected of him, but he royally buggered the playoffs and was totally outclassed by an average side. I just don’t get it. You could name any manager with top flight experience as a

stick to beat with but the fact is this bloke doesn’t have top flight experience and a manager who does (I could just as easily and daftly counter the Bruce argument with a Wenger or Pep argument), and certainly one who’s been successful enough to warrant a

shot at the poisoned chalice that is Chelsea, will be better suited to us than someone who has taken a team who should have been aiming for the top 6 get them

to the top 6 then fall flat on his face. I just think Potter has something to prove and is better tactically and has better experience.

[Phenom]

I didn’t think Potter was realistic but it would be a wonderful appointment.

[Jon the Hat]

Good.  To come out of the summer with someone of the calibre of Potter is unexpected and welcome.

[Muzzy_no7]

He’s tended to use either 3-4-2-1 or  3-4-1-2 but also opted for 4-2-4 variants in the past.

 

https://www.coachesvoice.com/cv/graham-potter-chelsea-brighton-tactics/

 

Viktor Kristiansen will certainly be used and Justin may feature as a CB. 
 

Would be interesting to see if Ricardo reverts to being a wing back as potter likes the width to come from those.

 

Mavididi and Fatawu should flourish with hybrid wing/10 roles. 
 

KDH likely to partner Winks in a deeper role allowing wing backs to move forward. 

 

 

[CrazyKopCorner]

All factors considered in terms of background, availability without compensation, the perceived ability to keep us up (I think we have a realistic potential to get 50 odd points) Potter is definitely the best Manager available to us. 

 

I'm going down the ground to set off some fireworks if it's announced 

[Cadno'r Cymoedd]

1 hour ago, CrazyKopCorner said:

All factors considered in terms of background, availability without compensation, the perceived ability to keep us up (I think we have a realistic potential to get 50 odd points) Potter is definitely the best Manager available to us. 

 

I'm going down the ground to set off some fireworks if it's announced 

Maybe a couple of bangers... 🤔

[Claudio Fannieri]

If we land Potter that is a real statement of intent from the club and arguably with the squad we will have, we will have strengthened. 
 

Whilst I think Enzo will do brilliantly at a Chelsea with such a talented group of players at his disposal, I also think this season we would have struggled with him at the helm, with Potter i think we will still keep the possession principles but I think his style will mean we are more solid and even with a points deduction ranging anywhere between -6 and -50 😂 I think he will give us a decent chance of staying up, 

 

Finally the club have landed their man, I am

not sure it’s necessarily a case of him never wanting to be here, I just don’t think the timing has ever been quite right. I actually think he is a very good fit for the club and will be a very sound appointment. 

[Scotch]

2 hours ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

He’s tended to use either 3-4-2-1 or  3-4-1-2 but also opted for 4-2-4 variants in the past.

 

https://www.coachesvoice.com/cv/graham-potter-chelsea-brighton-tactics/

 

Viktor Kristiansen will certainly be used and Justin may feature as a CB. 
 

Would be interesting to see if Ricardo reverts to being a wing back as potter likes the width to come from those.

 

Mavididi and Fatawu should flourish with hybrid wing/10 roles. 
 

KDH likely to partner Winks in a deeper role allowing wing backs to move forward. 

 

 

Mavididi and Fatawu are the interesting ones for me. 

 

I think Mavididi will play inside as an attacker as either one of the inside forwards in his 3421 or an out and out striker in his 3412. Whilst Fatawu may play as a wingback in those systems. He has proven that he doesn't mind to play wingers in this position in the past and I feel it's more suited to Fatawu than inside forward. 

[markko]

Fingers crossed we get this over the line. We need a good manager and he fits that remit. No compensation payment is a bonus. Fixture list has been kind.